SILVIA LOPEZ CHAVEZ

With roots in the Dominican Republic, Silvia has been a Boston based artist since 2000 when she moved to the area to further her training in illustration and communication design at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Silvia’s artwork has received recognition through awards, grants, and commissions including the Barr Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, The Boston Foundation, Now and There, the Brother Thomas Award, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4Si). Her exhibit record and artist residencies include the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Boston Center for the Arts.
 
Silvia is also an accomplished public artist, art commissions include; the first professionally-commissioned mural on the Charles River Esplanade, Northeastern University, the Punto Urban Art Museum, Google inc, HoneyGrow restaurant and HubWeek. In addition to her fine art practice, Silvia is an award-winning graphic design professional, working with high-profile companies and institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 

Website: silvialopezchavez.com
Instagram: @silvialopezchavez

 

ARTIST Q&A

Born: Raleigh, NC
Currently lives: Boston, MA

Title of artwork: City Love

What’s it about? This piece is inspired by the things I love about this urban landscape. It is a collage of images I created with watercolors, printmaking and drawing. Spring is my favorite season here.

Where else can we find your work? You can find a glass mural at the Gardner museum, two large commissioned pieces in the North End for the Barr Foundation and my largest mural to date at the Northeastern University campus. Also online, I keep Instagram and my site pretty up to date.

Where do you find inspiration and who are a few artists you admire? Music, nature, everyday moments and long hot showers! I admire artists who can navigate the combined effort of following their passion and the business of art, defying the odds to succeed as art entrepreneurs and actually make a living from their creative endeavors.

If you could invite one person to dinner (dead or alive) who would it be? My handsome talented husband. We haven’t seen much of each other this year!

What is your spirit animal? Tiger

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
To make people feel empathy.

Favorite place to eat in Allston? I am a big fan of Vietnamese, Korean and Indian. Depends on the mood!

Favorite public art piece in the Boston area? ‘Patterned Behavior’ on the Charles River Esplanade bike path. It is close to my heart and makes me smile every time I see it.

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